The Mushroom Design Trend is Alive in Maine
Naturally appealing (and funkier than flowers), mushrooms are sprouting up everywhere.
TEXT BY JEN DEROSE
1. Grow your glassware collection with these fine specimens, laser-etched in Westbrook. $42 for 2. benoitsdesign.co
2. Mitzi’s steel porcini-shaped table lamp is a bright idea on a desk. $218. fogglighting.com
3. The mycelium fibers growing beneath mushrooms in Camden Hills State Park inspired Ingrid Ellison’s oil False Chanterelles. $395. findthelostkitchen.com
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4. When she’s not creating pen-and-ink illustrations, like this Mushrooms of Maine print, Portlander Tara Rook teaches meditation and produces electronic music. From $32. tararook.com
5. Coconeh’s wicker mushroom box conjures whimsical Alice in Wonderland vibes. $19.99. boutiquelittle.com
6. Stitch a nature study with the beginner-friendly mushroom embroidery kit by Brunswick’s Heidi Boyd. $29.99. handiworkportland.com
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7. New Gloucester furniture maker Louis Charlett hand-turns his mushroom sculptures from dead ash trees on his woodlot. $35 each. thegoodsupply.org
8. Bring a retro-woodland look to your kitchen with a mushroom flour-sack tea towel by Yarmouth’s Tröskö Design. $19.50. shop.downeast.com
9. Freckled Fuchsia’s Portland-designed Mushroom Garden print adds psychedelic pop to a wall. $28 (without frame). freckledfuchsia.com
